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Little Black Book Des Sex

19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ruth Cullen

£7.99 19 Nov 2008 Looseleaf In Binder John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Best Practices in Residential Treatment

19 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ellis, Rodney A.

£21.99 19 Nov 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Inc

Offers information on empirically tested, evidence-based interventions and procedures across the many dimensions of residential treatment practice. This book discusses effective counseling interventions, and medication management approaches. It is suitable for social workers, psychiatrists, counselors, and residential program administrators.

Introduction to Counselling Skills

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Text and Activities

By Richard Nelson-Jones

£22.99 18 Nov 2008 Paperback SAGE Publications Ltd

Helps readers acquire and develop the counselling skills key to effective helping relationships, using a three-stage model. This book covers: what counselling skills are; improving listening skills; assessing feelings, thinking and communication; improving thinking skills and communication skills; conducting sessions; and, ethical issues.

Introduction to Counselling Skills

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Text and Activities

By Richard Nelson-Jones

£70.00 18 Nov 2008 Hardback SAGE Publications Ltd

Online Counselling and Guidance Skills

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Resource for Trainees and Practitioners

By Jane Evans

£17.99 18 Nov 2008 Paperback SAGE Publications Ltd

The difference between online and face-to-face interaction with clients is vast and practitioners need to equip themselves with specialist knowledge and skills to ensure that they are being effective. This book looks at how practitioners need to adapt their basic counselling skills to the online environment.

Online Counselling and Guidance Skills

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practical Resource for Trainees and Practitioners

By Jane Evans

£60.00 18 Nov 2008 Hardback SAGE Publications Ltd

A Mind of it's Own

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

How Your Brain Distorts and Deceives

By Cordelia Fine

£9.99 18 Nov 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

Exposing the mind's deceptions and exploring how the mind defends and glorifies the ego, Dr. Fine illustrates the brain's tendency to self-delusion, whether it be hindsight bias, wishful thinking, unrealistic optimism, or moral excuse-making.

Sigmund Freud and the History of Anna O

18 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Reopening a Closed Case

By Richard Skues

£19.99 18 Nov 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

Anna O case is fundamental to the theory and practice of psychoanalysis and central to teachings about Freud. Historians of psychoanalysis view Freud's case of Anna O as a failure and have cast doubt on the very foundations of psychoanalysis itself. This study challenges historical scholarship by offering a review of evidence on the case.

Eating Disorders in Athletes

17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Joaquin Dosil

£82.25 17 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Presents the research and applied practice to address various issues relating to sport and eating disorders. This book looks at the underlying factors behind the development of disordered eating. It considers evaluation, diagnosis and treatment across a wide range of sports and assesses the various types of treatment available.

Essentials of Assessment Report Writing

17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Elizabeth O. Lichtenberger

£75.00 17 Nov 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders

16 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sam Goldstein, Jack A. Naglieri, Sally Ozonoff

£30.50 16 Nov 2008 Hardback Guilford Publications

Significant progress has been made in assessing children with autism spectrum disorders. This resource assembles the best practices within a unified assessment framework.

Gracing No Man's Land

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Erotic Sexual Fantasies of Women Sadists, Female Masochists and Male

By Annabel Penrose, L.T. Wilkinson

£9.99 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Schiel & Denver Publishing Limited

A Book About What Autism Can be Like

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sue Adams

£6.99 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Chris and Andrew are very good friends, but sometimes Chris does things that Andrew doesn't understand. Chris can hear a fly buzzing when it's a mile away! But he doesn't like bright flashing lights like the ones on Andrew's favourite arcade game. Chris and Andrew have lots of fun together, but at times they laugh at completely different things.

Liam Says Sorry

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Repairing an Encounter Gone Sour

By Jane Whelen Banks

£6.99 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Liam impulsively whacks his brother on the nose and ruins an otherwise joyful round of wrestling. Wanting desperately to resume the game and win favour with his brother, Liam accepts responsibility for his blunder and apologises. His brother forgives him, and apologises too - and the wrestling at last can be resumed.

Liam Knows What to Do When Kids Act Snitty

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Coping When Friends are Tactless

By Jane Whelen Banks

£6.99 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Contains positive messages and advice suitable for young children wanting to understand social situations or how friendships work.

Liam Says Hi

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Learning to Greet a Friend

By Jane Whelen Banks

£6.99 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Liam overcomes his shyness and completes the steps necessary when greeting a friend at the front door. Appropriately welcomed, Liam's friend enters the house and both children proceed to have an excellent play date.

Lovable Liam

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Affirmations for a Perfectly Imperfect Child

By Banks, Jane Whelen

£6.99 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

All children require discipline and boundaries. They need to be taught manners, traditions, morality and social conduct. With all these constant lessons and corrections, children can be left feeling overly criticised or unloved. This work reminds parents to let their child know they are wonderful and precious, even when people are cross with them.

A Creative Guide to Exploring Your Life

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Self-reflection Using Photography, Art, and Writing

By Graham Gordon Ramsay, Holly Barlow Sweet

£17.99 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

A guide to exploring and understanding your life: who you are, what you value, and what you wish to achieve. It features exercises and examples that use the power of photography, art, and writing as tools for self-discovery. It provides guidance on how to explore different parts of your identity.

Asperger Syndrome and Employment

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

What People with Asperger Syndrome Really Really Want

By Sarah Hendrickx

£13.99 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Looking at expectations, motivations, working conditions and other factors, this book explores the reasons why work just doesn't work for many people with Asperger Syndrome and how to resolve these issues. It acknowledges what people with AS really want from a job so they can make employment work for them.

Recovery from Depression Using the Narrative Approach

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Guide for Doctors, Complementary Therapists and Mental Health Professionals

By Damien Ridge

£18.99 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Explores people's experiences of depression, recovery and available treatments. This book explains how, by selecting a variety of 'narrative tools', such as talking therapies, yoga and complementary therapies, as well as conventional medical approaches, people can take control of their condition. It is suitable for doctors and psychologists.

The Black Sun

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Alchemy and Art of Darkness

By Stanton Marlan

£17.50 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Texas A & M University Press

The black sun, an ages-old image of the darkness in individual lives and in life itself, has not been treated hospitably in the modern world. Written by a Jungian analyst, this book reexamines the paradoxical image of the black sun and the meaning of darkness in Western culture.

How to be in a Personal Relationship

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Skills for Beginning, Strengthening and Maintaining an Intimate Personal

By Stephen Sampson, Cindy Elrod

£29.95 15 Nov 2008 Multimedia Item HRD Press Inc.,U.S.

Teaches social, intellectual and emotional skills you can apply in your life to create a lasting and intimate relationship - whether you're married, or in a committed partnership. Demonstrating skills through stories based on real-world examples, this title includes a DVD covering human behaviors that you can study and adapt to your own skills.

Postmodern cowboy : C. Wright Mills and a new 21st century sociology

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kerr, Keith.

£39.56 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Paradigm Publishers, US

Treatment of Chronic Medical Conditions

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Cognitive-behavioral Therapy Strategies and Integrative Treatment Protocols

By Len Sperry

£51.50 15 Nov 2008 Hardback American Psychological Association

Offers clinicians with focused cognitive - behavioral strategies and integrative treatment protocols for 10 of the most common chronic medical conditions that the psychotherapist is likely to encounter.

Clinical Health Psychology in Medical Settings

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Practitioner's Guidebook

By Cynthia D. Belar, William W. Deardorff

£51.50 15 Nov 2008 Hardback American Psychological Association

Helps practicing psychologists and professional graduate students in developing expertise in clinical health psychology. This volume provides an overview of the roles and functions of clinical health psychologists as well as the education, training, personal, and professional issues involved. It includes discussion of psychometric instruments.

Consulting Psychology

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Selected Articles

By Harry Levinson

£51.50 15 Nov 2008 Hardback American Psychological Association

In the business world, there is rapid change in organizational direction and guidance. This volume presents 18 of the author's contributions that explore how and why consultants diagnose organizational and managerial pathology. It is suitable for I/O and business management consultants.

Financial Success in Mental Health Practice

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Essential Tools and Strategies for Practitioners

By Steven Walfish, Jeffrey E. Barnett

£51.50 15 Nov 2008 Hardback American Psychological Association

Offers a toolkit for practitioners to develop their business acumen and complement their extensive clinical training. This book shows readers how to market their practice, ensure its profitability, provide quality client service delivery, manage office overhead, implement effective accounting practices, and plan for retirement.

Narrative Therapy

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£85.50 15 Nov 2008 Dvd American Psychological Association

Stroke : an issue of Neurologic clinics

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gorelick, Philip B.

£52.99 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Elsevier Science Pub

Dealing with clinical neurology, this issue features 16 articles, including such topics as the epidemiology of stroke, defining stroke subtypes, neuroimaging in stroke, acute assessment and management of stroke, surgical management of stroke, carotid endartectomy and angioplasty, risk factors, and prevention.

Mental Institutions in America

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Social Policy to 1875

By Gerald N. Grob

£29.95 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Transaction Publishers,U.S.

Examines how American society responded to complex problems arising out of mental illness in the nineteenth century. This work attempts to interpret the mental hospital as a social as well as a medical institution and to illuminate the evolution of policy toward dependent groups such as the mentally ill.

Psychiatry

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Science of Lies

By Thomas Szasz

£15.50 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Syracuse University Press

Portrays the integral role of deception in the history and practice of psychiatry. This work argues that the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness stands in the same relationship to the diagnosis and treatment of bodily illness that the forgery of a painting does to the original masterpiece.

Sense of place, health, and quality of life

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Eyles, Allison Williams

£55.00 15 Nov 2008 Hardback Ashgate Pub Co

Presents work related to sense of place and health, defined from the perspective of a variety of fields and disciplines. This book offers an understanding of both the range of applications of this construct within approaches to human health as well as the breadth of research methodologies employed in its investigation.

Social Power and Political Influence

15 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James T. Tedeschi

£34.50 15 Nov 2008 Paperback Transaction Publishers,U.S.

Contains selects work of scholars from many disciplines in order to organize, develop, evaluate, and interpret scientific theories of social, political, and economic power. This book tackles such problems as the factors that affect the use of power and the nature of response to its use.

Understanding Mother-adolescent Conflict Discussions

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Concurrent and Across-time Prediction from Youths' Dispositions

By Nancy Eisenberg

£19.95 14 Nov 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Adolescence is often thought of as a period during which parent-child interactions can be relatively stressed and conflictual. This work examines dispositional and parenting predictors of the quality of parents' and their adolescent children's emotional displays and positive and negative verbalizations when dealing with conflictual issues.

Depression

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Causes and Treatment

By Aaron T. Beck, Brad A. Alford

£18.00 14 Nov 2008 Paperback University of Pennsylvania Press

Helps patients and caregivers understand depression as a cognitive disability. This book explores the research on neurotrophic and neurogenesis theories of depression. It also reports on developments in psychosocial treatment of depression, including the value of cognitive therapy in the prevention of relapse.

Handbook of Depression in Adolescents

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Lori Hilt

£97.00 14 Nov 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Inc

Adolescent-onset depressive disorders represent insidious conditions because of their strong association with chronic and recurrent emotional problems in adulthood. This handbook offers reviews of research on the nature, causes, and treatments for depression in adolescents.

Business Psychology in Practice

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Pauline Grant

£27.01 14 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

What do business psychologists do to assist in the identification, motivation and development of the talent that employees bring into their communities? The authors offer case studies and examples from real interventions, and they explain the models that help them make sense of the complex organisations in which they operate.

A History of the Universe

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By T.K. Maddox

£11.99 14 Nov 2008 Paperback The Perseus Books Group

Moral Selves, Evil Selves

14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Social Psychology of Conscience

By Steven Hitlin

£42.50 14 Nov 2008 Hardback Palgrave Macmillan

Selfhood is a pressing contemporary philosophical issue. This book highlights the moral aspect of 'the self', examining the variety of neurological, psychological, and social processes that enter into the development of moral orientations.

Descriptive Psychopathology

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Signs and Symptoms of Behavioral Disorders

By Michael Alan Taylor, Nutan Atre Vaidya

£40.00 13 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Provides a broad review of the psychopathology of psychiatric illness, beyond the limitations of the DSM and ICD criteria.

Psychological Perspectives on Justice

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Theory and Applications

By Barbara A. Mellers, Jonathan Baron

£23.99 13 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Explores how the distribution of costs and benefits determine our intuition about fairness to provide a balanced look at the psychology of justice.

Evolutionary Anatomy of the Primate Cerebral Cortex

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dean Falk, Kathleen Rita Gibson

£33.00 13 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

Review of brain evolution in primates including humans.

Treatment Approaches for Alcohol and Drug Dependence - An Introductory Guide

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By TJ Jarvis

£36.41 13 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Includes research and methods of practice in the field of drugs and alcohol. Providing a step-by-step guide to applying skills-based and other therapies for the treatment of clients with substance dependence or abuse, this title also addresses the areas of working with younger clients and clients with dual diagnoses.

WileyPLUS/WebCT Stand-alone to Accompany Abnormal Psychology

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James H. Hansell, Lisa K. Damour

£52.28 13 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

WileyPLUS ECollege Stand-alone to Accompany Abnormal Psychology

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By James H. Hansell, Lisa K. Damour

£0.58 13 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Vision and Supervision

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mathers Dale Mathers Dale

£21.99 13 Nov 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Discusses about supervision (a topic in analytical psychology). This book draws on archetypal, classical, and developmental post-Jungian theory to explore supervision from a variety of different avenues. It is useful to mental health professionals, analysts and psychotherapists involved in the supervisory process.

Vision and Supervision

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mathers Dale

£55.00 13 Nov 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Discussing supervision (a topic in analytical psychology), this book draws on archetypal, classical, and developmental post-Jungian theory to explore supervision from a variety of different avenues. It is useful to mental health professionals, analysts and psychotherapists involved in the supervisory process.

Guide to Early Psychological Evaluation

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Children and Adolescents

By Arthur Freeman, Corey J. Nigro, Ray W. Christner, Taymoor Sardar

£17.99 13 Nov 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

An essential pocket reference for quick and accurate child and adolescent assessment.
Initial patient intake and assessment is a vital aspect of working in hospitals, mental health facilities, and psychiatric wards. This pocket guide (one of a pair) provides clinical evaluation tools, performance norm references, and intake and triage information for doctors, social workers, psychiatrists, and residents and students of these specialties.

Guide to Early Psychological Evaluation

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Adults

By Arthur Freeman, Corey J. Nigro, Ray W. Christner, Taymoor Sardar

£17.99 13 Nov 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

An essential pocket reference for quick and accurate adult assessment.
Initial patient intake and assessment is a vital aspect of working in hospitals, mental health facilities, and psychiatric wards. This pocket guide (one of a pair) provides clinical evaluation tools, performance norm references, and intake and triage information for doctors, social workers, psychiatrists, and residents and students of these specialties.

Reader's Guide to Affect Regulation and Neurobiology

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Desktop Reference to the Terms and Concepts in This Burgeoning Field

By Allan N. Schore

£22.50 13 Nov 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

A desktop reference to the terms and concepts in this burgeoning field.
A comprehensive guide to the applications and advances in neuroscience that are relevant to practicing clinicians. With an internationally acclaimed group of contributors, the volume provides short entries and definitions of terms in the fields of developmental science, psychotherapy, neuroscience, and psychopathology.

Blackstone's police investigators' workbook 2009

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Paul Connor, David Pinfield, Neil Taylor, Julian Chapman

£37.50 13 Nov 2008 Hardback Oxford U Pr, N Y

Blackstone's Police Investigators' Workbook 2009 is the official accompanying study text for the National Investigator's Exam (NIE), taken as part of Phase 1 of the Initial Crime Investigators' Development Programme. It contains practical exercises, case studies and multiple choice questions to help students prepare for the NIE.

The Oxford Handbook of Organizational Well Being

13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Cartwright, Cary L. Cooper

£85.00 13 Nov 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

This handbook focuses on organizational well being in its widest sense, and is concerned with reviewing the factors which are associated with ill health, as well as those which promote positive health and well being. In it, leading international scholars focus on the key issues around measuring well being, and individual and organizational factors.

Little Black Book Des Sex

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ruth Cullen

£7.99 12 Nov 2008 Looseleaf In Binder John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Experimental Psychology Research Trends

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

£59.50 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Experimental psychology approaches psychology as one of the natural sciences, and therefore assumes that it is susceptible to the experimental method. Many experimental psychologists have gone further, and have assumed that all methods of investigation other than experimentation are suspect. This book presents research in this field.

Perceived Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Adult Relationship Partners

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Noelle S. Wiersma

£19.50 12 Nov 2008 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Increasing research and clinical attention has been directed toward the concerns of adult female survivors of childhood sexual abuse. This title presents a study that investigates the perceived impact of the child sexual abuse experienced by female primary survivors on their relationship partners.

Advances in Psychology Research (v. 58)

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Volume 58

£52.99 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Presents research results on psychology.

Interconnectedness and the Individual

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nicole S. Porter, Nancy Bothne, Leonard Jason

£19.50 12 Nov 2008 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Addresses manifestations and consequences of the concept of the Self from Nativism. This book proposes the necessity for foundational values - that arguably already govern Community Psychology.

Personality Down Under

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Perspectives from Australia

By Simon Boag

£52.99 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Highlights both the strengths and diversity of research in the field of personality and individual differences research emanating from Australia and surrounding region. This is suitable for organisational psychologists interested in the impact of personality within the workplace.

Eating Disorders in Adult Women

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Julian Fuchs, Finn Lang

£85.99 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

There has been a rise in the prevalence of eating disorders, especially among emerging adult women. The aetiology and development of these disorders involve numerous biological, psychological, and familial factors that extend beyond adolescence into emerging adulthood. This book provides research in this particular field.

An Evolutionary Psychology of Leader-Follower Relations

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Patrick McNamara, David Trumbull

£25.99 12 Nov 2008 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Summarises advances in our understanding of leader-follower interactions. This book illustrate these principles with the lives of ancient political and military leaders from Greece and Rome. It reviews psychologic, cognitive neuroscientific and evolutionary approaches to leader-follower dynamics.

Developmental Instruction

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Theoretical and Experimental Psychological Study

By V.V. Davydov

£52.99 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Can we develop in a person certain psychical capacities or qualities that previously did not exist? In the history of psychology, several theories have been created with respect to these problems. The author notes that accepted techniques of instruction and upbringing in different educational institutions are connected with these theories.

New Research on Short-Term Memory

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Noah B. Johansen

£85.99 12 Nov 2008 Hardback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Short-term memory, sometimes referred to as "primary", "working" or "active" memory, is said to hold a small amount of information for about 20 seconds. Estimates of short-term memory capacity vary - from about 3 or 4 elements (words, digits, or letters) to about 9 elements. This book presents research in the field.

Molecular Mechanisms of Mental Retardation in Down Syndrome

12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mohammed Rachidi, Carmela Lopes

£25.99 12 Nov 2008 Paperback Nova Science Publishers Inc

Mental Retardation (MR) is a cognitive impairment affecting 3 per cent of global population. Down syndrome (DS) is the major genetic cause of MR and contributes to about 30 per cent of all moderate-to-severe cases of MR. This invalidating aspect of DS has hard impacts in public health and poses significant challenges for clinicians and scientists.

Health Psychology in Practice

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Susan Michie

£34.06 11 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Offers a comprehensive overview of the UK professional Stage 2 Qualification in Health Psychology. This text covers the core competencies necessary for qualification as a health psychologist. It includes sections on professional issues, research, consultancy and interventions, teaching and training and other professional roles.

WileyPLUS/WebCT Stand-alone to Accompany Psychology

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Drew Westen, Robin M. Kowalski

£0.58 11 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

WileyPLUS/eCollege Stand-alone to Accompany Psychology

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Drew Westen, Robin M. Kowalski

£0.58 11 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

The Industrial Vagina

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sheila Jeffreys

£14.99 11 Nov 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Examines how prostitution and other aspects of the sex industry have moved from being small-scale, clandestine, and socially despised practices to become very profitable legitimate market sectors that are being legalised and decriminalised by governments.

The Industrial Vagina

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sheila Jeffreys

£60.00 11 Nov 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

The Self of the Therapist in Clinical Practice

11 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By K.V. Hardy

£21.00 11 Nov 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

The Economic Socialisation of Young People

10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Adrian Furnham

£10.00 10 Nov 2008 Hardback Social Affairs Unit

Investigates the economic socialisation of children and adolescents. This book looks at how, when and why some people become economically literate and others do not, and attempts a comprehensive and critical evaluation of the scattered interdisciplinary research in this much neglected and important field.

The Value Creating Board

10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Corporate Governance and Organizational Behaviour

By Morten Huse

£120.00 10 Nov 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Presents boards of directors from a strategic and entrepreneurial management perspective. This book covers concepts such as: board leadership and structure, boardroom decision-making, board task performance, corporate entrepreneurship and innovation boards in small and medium-sized firms, board diversity and women directors.

The Prefrontal Cortex

09 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Fuster, Joaquin M.

£49.99 09 Nov 2008 Hardback Elsevier Science & Technology

Because of its role in such cognitive functions as working memory and decision-making, the prefrontal cortex, the principal 'executive' structure of the brain, is critically involved in the organization of behavior, language, and reasoning. This title examines the contributions of relevant methodology, from comparative anatomy to modern imaging.

Against and for CBT

08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Towards a Constructive Dialogue?

By Richard House, Del Loewenthal

£20.00 08 Nov 2008 Paperback PCCS Books

Offers a wide range of perspectives on the rise of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) and substantial responses to them. This book is suitable for psychotherapist, counselor, student in training, and policy makers.

Mindfulness Meditation

08 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Clinician's Guide to Integrating Mindfulness Practice in Psychotherapy

By S.A. Alper

£19.99 08 Nov 2008 Hardback W W Norton & Co Ltd

Tips and techniques for enhancing your practice with mindfully-based treatment approaches.
Mindfulness meditation is beneficial when used as an adjunct to traditional therapies or even as a stand-alone therapy. This book is the practical, practice-building guide that therapists need in order to incorporate mindfulness with standard psychotherapies.

Clinical Management in Mental Health Services

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Chris Lloyd, Robert King, Frank P. Deane, Kevin Gournay

£29.99 07 Nov 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

A guide to the day to day operational management of mental health teams. It explores both the theoretical aspects of management and strategies for dealing with the wide range of management issues faced by managers working in mental health. It addresses the issue of workload management, clinical information management, and how to manage stress.

Social Psychology

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By NEWMAN

£50.50 07 Nov 2008 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Child Development

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nora Newcombe, Nathan A. Fox

£32.95 07 Nov 2008 Hardback John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Recent and Innovative Work

By Julia Buckroyd, Sharon Rother

£88.12 07 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Covers both eating disorders and obesity. This book also covers subjects such as psychological and cultural aspects of food use, using CBT for treating eating disorders, and CBT group therapy for obesity.

Behavioral Case Formulation and Intervention

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Functional Analytic Approach

By Peter Sturmey

£88.12 07 Nov 2008 Audio-Visual / Multimedia Item John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Explores radical behaviorism and its approach to the conceptualization, case formulation and treatment of psychopathology. This book describes the conceptual foundations of functional approaches to case formulation and intervention, and explains the technology and application of behavioral assessment and hypothesis-driven intervention.

Supervision of Dramatherapy

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jones Phil Jones Phil

£19.99 07 Nov 2008 Paperback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Offers an overview of Dramatherapy supervision and the issues that can arise during the supervisory task. This book examines supervision in a range of contexts with different client groups, including dramatherapy with children, forensic work, and intercultural practice.

Supervision of Dramatherapy

07 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jones Phil

£55.00 07 Nov 2008 Hardback Taylor & Francis Ltd

Talent is Overrated

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

What REALLY Separates World Class Performers from Everybody Else

By Geoff Colvin

£12.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Nicholas Brealey Publishing Ltd

Shows that the skills of business - negotiating deals, evaluating financial statements, and the rest - obey the principles that lead to greatness, so that anyone can get better at them with the right kind of effort. This title offers a practical advice that changes the way you think about your job and career.

Proust and the Squid

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Story and Science of the Reading Brain

By Maryanne Wolf

£8.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Icon Books Ltd

Explores how our brains learnt to read. This work presents a discussion ranging from the history of the earliest known examples of written language, to whether reading online really is making us 'stupider', and why dyslexia can be a gift.

Supercharge Your Memory!

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

More Than 100 Exercises to Energize Your Mind

By Corinne Gediman, Francis M. Crinella

£8.99 06 Nov 2008 Hardback Sterling Publishing Co Inc

Mind workouts offsets memory decline and literally builds up a better brain by creating new pathways & cells and by training it to become more efficient and reliable. This work includes lessons that focus on literally lighting up the portion of the brain associated with episodic or long-term memories.

Better Mental Health Care

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Thornicroft, Michele Tansella

£29.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

A concise guide to establishing, developing and evaluating modern mental health services.

Sociocultural Approaches to Language and Literacy

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Interactionist Perspective

By Vera John-Steiner, Carolyn P. Panofsky (Rhode Island College, U.S.A.), Larry W. Smith

£26.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

This book deals with a major crisis in education - the achievement of literacy skills.

Nonverbal Vocal Communication

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Comparative and Developmental Approaches

By Havighurst, Alfred F.

£21.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

In this book specialists from several disciplines review the present knowledge on neural substrates of vocal communication.

Emerging Visions of the Aesthetic Process

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In Psychology, Semiology, and Philosophy

By Gerald C. Cupchik, Janos Laszlo

£22.99 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

This book is about aesthetic processes and play from the perspectives of psychologists, philosophers and semiologists.

Motivation and Personality

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Handbook of Thematic Content Analysis

By Charles P. Smith (City University of New York)

£45.00 06 Nov 2008 Paperback Cambridge University Press

The first book to be devoted primarily to content analysis systems for assessing the creation of verbal materials.

Numerati

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

In Which They'll Get My Number and Yours

By Stephen Baker

£17.99 06 Nov 2008 Hardback Vintage

Takes us on a guided tour through an era, in which mathematicians are starting to map individual human behaviour - what we do, who we are, how we work, chat, play and shop - and in so doing, can change various aspects of our lives, from the kind of medical advice we get, to the adverts we see, and to our appraisals at work.

Supersizing the Mind

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Embodiment, Action, and Cognitive Extension

By Andy Clark

£18.99 06 Nov 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

What is embodiment and why does it matter for understanding the mind? Can the machinery of mind extend beyond the head? With a substantial Foreword by David Chalmers, Supersizing the Mind is essential reading for all those interested in embodied cognition, the extended mind, and the likely shape of twenty-first century cognitive scientific explanation.

Movies, News, Gossip

06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The Evolutionary Psychology of What Interests Us

By Jerome H. Barkow, Peter Hejl

£19.99 06 Nov 2008 Hardback Oxford University Press

Your Perfect Right

05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Assertiveness and Equality in Your Life and Relationships

By Robert E. Alberti, Michael L. Emmons

£16.99 05 Nov 2008 Hardback Impact Publishers Inc.,U.S.

All-new edition of the most widely recommended assertiveness training book helps readers develop more effective self-expression with detailed procedures, examples, exercises. The ninth edition has been completely revised to include new material on assertive expression in email and social networks, what to do when assertiveness doesn't work, anger expression, persistence, treatments for social anxiety, giving and receiving criticism, facial expression research, social intelligence, personal boundaries, components of assertive behavior, recent brain research. Not a "me-first" book -- It's all about equal-relationship assertiveness.

A Walk to the River in Amazonia

05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Ordinary Reality for the Mehinaku Indians

By Carla D. Stang

£37.50 05 Nov 2008 Hardback Berghahn Books

A Field Guide to Melancholy

05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jacky Dr. Bowring

£12.00 05 Nov 2008 Hardback Oldcastle Books Ltd

Journal of Traumatic Stress (v. 20, No. 1)

05 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By JTS (Journal of Traumatic Stress)

£47.50 05 Nov 2008 Paperback John Wiley and Sons Ltd